Confessions of a Consultant

AUGUST 12, 2018

Talent Wars : As the ‘war for talent’ increases, there’s emerging evidence of systematic poaching, in some cases encouraged by headhunters who make a living from ‘executive churn’.Don’t Leadership Development: Organizations often don’t have the skills internally to make a real difference around leadership development.

Talent 40

Talent Case Interview Engineering Interviews 40

QEmploy

AUGUST 19, 2019

A consultant can also give organizational advice, offer guidelines for sourcing and managing the client’s IT resources. The process can include strategic (developing a new IT strategy or cybersecurity approach) to tactical (such as the selection of an IT system) to highly operational (such as the development of an application).

Consulting 53

Consulting Case Interview Trends System 53

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Because organizations are increasingly focusing on early talent development to attract and retain young talent, it’s important to understand the best way to accelerate their growth as leaders. In each case, one of us served as the executive coach and worked with the executive to set their individual goals.

Emotional Intelligence 51

Emotional Intelligence Case Interview Talent Pharmaceuticals 51

Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

When a case does manage to reach the legal system, courts will often side with a company due to the mere presence of an official policy, regardless of whether the policy is actually effective in addressing harassment or abuse. Consider the case of Leopold v. But it did foreshadow later legal developments, beginning in 1986.

Policies 28

Policies Case Interview Guidelines Resources 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

After all, in some ways, the situations were similar: A group whose members may not have worked together before must form a close-knit team quickly and execute their duties in a way that meets the organization’s guidelines to the letter. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Guidelines Transportation Airlines 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2017

Moreover, many family firms profit from their “family-like” culture and their close relationships with a handful of partners, from suppliers to customers, who can help these firms develop their creative ideas, products, and processes. In such cases there are fewer conflicting interests between the owners and managers.

Research 28

Research Company Study Case Interview 28

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). It is unclear why this is the case. I recommend reading the guidelines below twice. Once now and a second time after you’ve played a practice game.

McKinsey 52

McKinsey How To Data Strategy 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Knowing this, we were able to distill a set of guidelines for prospective authors that encouraged them to avoid these common pitfalls. If I were giving bad news to someone I’d interviewed for a job, I might tweak it a bit, but the basic format would stay the same: [Their name], Thanks for making the time to talk with me last week.

Examples 34

Examples Case Interview Research Guidelines 34